I wouldn't say that the Force U20s don't need to aim up, but the scoreline is not a good reflection of the game. When WA, VIC and the ACT competed for the Southern States competition, each state was represented by players from that state. Now that we have moved to the U20 system, other teams are recruiting very heavily to support their U20 teams. The starting halves for Victoria are both from NSW as are a handful of other players. I don't know the ACT team well enough to comment on them.

We have a couple of blow ins, but I think the emphasis is more on developing WA based players rather than winning an U20 tournament- which I am happy with.

I wouldn't say that the Force U20s don't need to aim up, but the scoreline is not a good reflection of the game. When WA, VIC and the ACT competed for the Southern States competition, each state was represented by players from that state. Now that we have moved to the U20 system, other teams are recruiting very heavily to support their U20 teams. The starting halves for Victoria are both from NSW as are a handful of other players. I don't know the ACT team well enough to comment on them.

We have a couple of blow ins, but I think the emphasis is more on developing WA based players rather than winning an U20 tournament- which I am happy with.

Yep, watched all of the games.

When you say "a couple of blow ins" you should have said " half the team are blow ins". Not wa developed players at all. So that blows that argument.

The history books won't say "the scoreboard didn't reflect the game ", it will say "lost 4 games straight ".

There won't be any history books. Nobody will care about the results of this years U20s by this time next year.

Apologies for the delayed response; been on night shift.

Quick scan of the wa team vs brumbies 20s would say that malola, vui, latu, holgate, grant, akolo and wessels are definitely imports. A couple of others I'm not sure about and there are a bunch of other imports in the 20s wider squad.